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Isopoda taxon details

Litarcturus Brandt, 1990

AphiaID

174629 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:174629)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Arcturus coppingeri Miers, 1881 accepted as Litarcturus coppingeri (Miers, 1881) (type by original designation)

Parent

Antarcturidae Poore, 2001

Original name

Litarcturus Brandt, 1990

Direct children (8)

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Species Litarcturus americanus (Beddard, 1886)
Species Litarcturus antarcticus (Bouvier, 1910)
Species Litarcturus bicornis (Kensley, 1984)
Species Litarcturus coppingeri (Miers, 1881)
Species Litarcturus kexueiae Liu & Sha, 2015
Species Litarcturus lillei (Tattersall, 1921)
Species Litarcturus stebbingi (Beddard, 1886)
Species Litarcturus granulosus (Nordenstam, 1933) accepted as Fissarcturus granulosus (Nordenstam, 1933)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Brandt, A. (1990). Antarctic valviferans (Crustacea, Isopoda, Valvifera). New genera, new species and redescriptions. <em>E.J. Brill, Leiden.</em> 176: 96. [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B.; Taiti, S. (Eds) (2024). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Litarcturus Brandt, 1990. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/isopoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=174629 on 2025-04-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-14 07:53:52Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2007-11-28 15:20:16Z

checked

Schotte, Marilyn

2008-03-13 10:11:15Z

changed

Poore, Gary C.B.

2009-02-20 10:38:06Z

changed

Poore, Gary C.B.

2023-03-14 00:31:35Z

changed

Poore, Gary C.B.

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original description Brandt, A. (1990). Antarctic valviferans (Crustacea, Isopoda, Valvifera). New genera, new species and redescriptions. <em>E.J. Brill, Leiden.</em> 176: 96. [details] Available for editors

basis of record Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]